2020 – ACTFL-NFMLTA/MLJ Paul Pimsleur Award for Research in Foreign Language Education
- This award is given to authors of an outstanding contribution to research in world language or second language education. The quality of the research and its potential impact on world language learning or teaching comprise the principal criteria for selection.
- McManus, K. & Marsden, E. (2019). Using explicit instruction about L1 to reduce crosslinguistic effects in L2 grammar learning. Evidence from oral production in L2 French. The Modern Language Journal, 103(2), 459-480.
2020 – Best of The Modern Language Journal for 2019 Award
- This award is for articles recognized by the Editorial Board Article Award committee as being of the highest quality, with the broadest potential impact on the field of second language learning and teaching. Criteria used in evaluating these articles included the significance of the problem being addressed, the strength of the research design, the clarity of the article, and the implications for second language learning and teaching.
- McManus, K. & Marsden, E. (2019). Using explicit instruction about L1 to reduce crosslinguistic effects in L2 grammar learning. Evidence from oral production in L2 French. The Modern Language Journal, 103(2), 459-480.
2016-2022 – Gilbert R. Watz Early Career Professorship in Language and Linguistics
- Early career professorships are given to promising untenured and recently tenured faculty in the college of the Liberal Arts at Penn State. They include support for the faculty member’s research and teaching program.
2013-16 – British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship
- The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.